I felt a bit sorry for Veivers, it seemed harsh to get rid of him after only 5 games - especially since he stuck with us through all the financial problems, and the Shaun McRae/Matt Parrish lark. Maybe he could've done better though when we had the likes of Holdsworth, Patten and Smith. And losing 38-4 at home to London

He was probably gonna go anyway at the end of this season too, along with maybe a mass change of players. Why wait 'til then to replace him if you can get the replacement you want in much earlier.

This season was always going to be a write-off. I'm saving any proper judgement of Koukash and Noble until well into next season.

Really good that Salford gave it a bloody good go. MANU and Lomax great tonight. I thought Gaskell put the doubters to bed with his performance.

Well according to Saints twitter NB thinks he's worth having around...

Saints showed tonight what standard we (salford) have to aspire to next year, we gave it a good go for, the first 50 mins but we lacked heart and a tough mentality when you furthered your lead, that's what' happened for the majority of games for us this year, let's hope next year we give you a much tougher game.

First half Salford were dominating the ruck speed very well and really controlling the game. It wasn't until a fortunate pass (that hit the floor) led to a break and we scored. We then looked far better and their try was solely down to Wellens who shot out when we had shifted well to a 3 v 3.

Second half we were really dominant and we looked quicker and the forwards were getting good yards. Couple of fortunate tries (one included Lomax who kicked the ball and it bounced off a couple of players and fell into his hands) but also a couple of well worked ones like Turner's - it was a fantastic try and a highlight of the night.

Manu was exceptional yet again and Roby was also hitting his usual level. Think a big mention has to go to Laffranchi as he was very good.

Overall Gaskell wasn't great - he made a few bad erros (incl one of our last scores) - but his kicking game was good and his try assist for Broughton was good. I don't think we are missing much from not keeping him at the club.

I don't know whether it was just me, but Lomax seemed to limp off with what looked to be either a hip or leg injury. Did anyone else notice this?

A good win and a nice points tally to creep us up the table. The loss from Hull tonight was a little unexpected. Which gives us a chance catch them sooner than expected.

It's going to be tough to climb any higher than that though.